Manual Engine Grouping for Toggle and/or Throttle Control

[CrashnBurn]

mumech allows for engine grouping for toggle on/off. This was buggy in Mumech (only the first group would work) but was a very useful feature, allowing for things like separate VTOL engines, Etc.

Group was assigned by a line in part.cfg.

Since it is really not possible to stay stable while toggling engines off, one at a time, under thrust, a group toggle is essential to be able to work while thrusting.

Thanks very much for this very useful plugin. Nice work!

[Majiir]

Since it is really not possible to stay stable while toggling engines off, one at a time, under thrust, a group toggle is essential to be able to work while thrusting.

It's not? The engine toggles obey symmetry, so I find it's easy to stay balanced. In fact, it's difficult for me to get unbalanced when toggling engines. I can see VTOLs being more difficult, though. Ultimately, that will be better solved by issues #2, #3, #5, #6, and #7.

I'll keep the issue for down the road. It'll form part of a more comprehensive suite of manual control options.

[CrashnBurn]

Unfortunately no. Since you can only use symmetry in one axis and a VTOL
has engines on two axes, symmetry doesn't answer the problem. I understand
if you're not interested in resolving this, we'll just have to use mumech
instead. Thanks for the reply.

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Majiir Paktu [email protected]:

Since it is really not possible to stay stable while toggling engines off,
one at a time, under thrust, a group toggle is essential to be able to work
while thrusting.

It's not? The engine toggles obey symmetry, so I find it's easy to stay
balanced. In fact, it's difficult for me to get unbalanced when
toggling engines. I can see VTOLs being more difficult. Ultimately, that
will be better solved by issues #2#2,
#3 #3, #5#5,
#6 #6, and #7#7
.

I'll keep the issue for down the road. It'll form part of a more
comprehensive suite of manual control options.

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[Majiir]

I understand if you're not interested in resolving this, we'll just have to use mumech instead.

It's a problem I'm interested in solving, but realize there are a lot of problems I'm interested in solving. It's not my highest priority, is all.

[CrashnBurn]

I understand, we all have to prioritize. I didn't mean to sound short. We
have to make a decision on what plugin to support with our new releases.
Yours was my first choice. I hope that is taken as a compliment, as it was
meant. Unfortunately, symmetry is far too buggy for our needs.

Again, thanks for taking the time to reply, and I wish you the best in your
endeavors.

-Steve

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Majiir Paktu [email protected]:

I understand if you're not interested in resolving this, we'll just have
to use mumech instead.

It's a problem I'm interested in solving, but realize there are a _lot_of problems I'm interested in solving. It's not my highest priority, is
all. [image: 😄]

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